Saturday, November 26, 2016

Badminton News

At $350K Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2016, Kowloon (Superseries)

[SF] Sameer Verma (IND,43) bt (3) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,3) 21-19 24-22

[SF] Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,9) bt Ngan Yi Cheung (HKG,26) 21-14 21-16

[F] Sameer Verma (IND,43) vs Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,14)

[F] Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,9) vs (4) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,3

Sindhu enters into the final with comfortable win over Hong Kong's Ngan Yi Cheung ... In both games Sindhu took control from middle of the game for a win ... In the final she is facing Taipei's Tzu Ying Tai for back to back second SuperSeries title.

Sameer scored impressive win over in-form Danish player Jan O Jorgensen in straight games ... In the first game Sameer took 7-1 early lead but Jan caught with him at 9-all ... From 16-17 Sameer won next 4 points for 20-17 lead, Jan won next 2 points but Sameer converted 3rd game point for winning first game ... In the second game Sameer was 5-11 down but he fought back for catching Jan at 12-all ... Again Sameer was 17-20 down but this time also he saved 3 game points to take 21-20 lead ... Jan saved first match point and gave himself another game point, 21-22 ... Sameer saved 4th game point and won three points for winning this match ... In the final he is facing Hong Kong's Ka Long Angus Ng for his first SuperSeries title.

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